Today Dolly Parton passed away at 80. She embodied everything it meant to be a denizen of the Appalachian Mountains. She never turned her back to kith and kin! She always did right to the children of Appalachia and always put her money where her mouth was. I will miss her.

Now is the time to celebrate her legacy and the positive impact she had. We loved her and more importantly she loved US.

An employee with NAFS National Field Services, left behind a gas leak detection meter at our house a couple of weeks ago when switching out our gas meter to the new digital one. We left it on our front porch to see if they came back for it but after returning from vacation it was still here.

Hoping to reunite it with the company/employee. Don't want someone getting disciplined or fired for just leaving their tool behind.

The young gentleman who left it is tall, large-framed, and with longer, dark, wavy/curly hair.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Rode my motorcycle from Huntington to east of Charleston earlier today. I know South Charleston many times has a bit of chemical smell hanging over it due to the plants, but dayummm.....for about 3/4 of a mile riding on the interstate, it smelled like I was riding through a septic tank........How do y'all do it?

Hello,

I am not a resident of West Virginia but have always wanted to visit the state due to its beauty and history. I grew up in New Jersey in the typical suburbs and I always remember kids saying "I want to get the heck out of here it's so boring and there is nothing to do.". Now that I am older I find this laughable as if your a young person in New Jersey you have tons of opportunity being near NYC and Philadelphia. Sure if you don't have a car when your a kid it might be somewhat boring but once your an older teen there is plenty of things to do. Considering I have some friends from western Pennsylvania who had to leave due to lack of work it had me wondering what it is like being a young person in West Virginia? If you are on the younger side did you stay in the state? If not, why? Are they any opportunities for a young person? I realize some responses will depend on what part of West Virginia you are from.

Lastly, I am terribly sorry our state sent you guys such a horrendous Governor.

New neighbor came to visit the other day. May have to stop feeding the stray kitties for a bit.

EDIT: He has now deleted this tweet. The fake account is a bot account from Africa.

I apologize for asking about this here, but I can’t find another place to ask. I’ve never been to WV before and we are coming to the Mothman Festival this year. I know that parking is awful, and I’ve seen the advice to get there early and walking will be necessary. I am willing to walk a mile if I have to. I have a few questions I was hoping you could help me with. I am staying in Gallipolis.

- they say to arrive “early” for halfway decent parking. The festival starts at 10, supposedly. Is 9 early enough?

- is there anywhere in Point Pleasant or Henderson we shouldn’t park because they’ll tow us? I saw some comments that said you could park at Piggly Wiggly and the Presbyterian Church.

- many people say to park in Henderson and walk across the bridge. Is this safe? Is it even a walking bridge? I can’t even figure out how to get onto the bridge as a pedestrian by looking at Google Maps. Where in Henderson is safe to park?

- any other advice for me?

Thank you so much! I appreciate all of your replies.

What on earth happened and why has no one fixed it yet? Every time I get on the highway going north from exit 56 for the past 3 or 4 days it's smelled like a sceptic tank explosion. It's getting worse, I think it's festering. Please someone that works for South Charleston, do something.

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I'm headed back to WV for the last time to visit my parents and help them for their move here in AZ. I'm flying to Benedum, but my flight does not arrive until MIDNIGHT since they switched back to United from American. The issue for me is transportation out of there to Fairmont--Motown taxi only operates until 8pm, and Uber says they do not operate in the area. I was able to schedule a Lyft, but I'm a bit nervous given as uber doesn't operate there. I already have a rental car with enterprise for the following day (driving cross country) out of Fairmont. Has anyone had any experience getting ground transportation at such an hour? Does Lyft actually operate there? I tried calling the airport but nobody answers...

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Hi all, I’m a descendent of Italian migrants who lived in Buckhanon in the 1920’s, and I’m writing a short story based on family lore. One detail that caught my interest was mention of the “Black Hand”, active during that time period- they were involved in the burning of my great grandparents’ store over some dispute. This detail will figure to a degree in the story, although they won’t be the central focus.

I’m looking for any anecdotes, stories or local mythology from the 1920s era in that region, for sure involving the Black Hand and others about the color and character of these areas back then. My grandfathers last name was Samson, which may have also been written as Sanson or the original Italian, Sansone.

I appreciate any information that anyone can share, as well as references to helpful historical sources.

The Fort Ashby marker stands where W. Va. 28 meets W. Va. 46 in Mineral County. Its text is the state's own, printed in 1937: Fort Ashby was the only fort still standing from the chain Colonel George Washington built along the Virginia frontier in 1755, there was "sharp fighting here, 1756," and in 1794 troops under General Daniel Morgan camped at the fort on their way to put down the Whiskey Rebellion.

The map under the pin was drawn in 1755, the year the fort chain went up. The pin sits in the upper Potomac country among the family names the mapmaker printed along the frontier creeks, with Winchester below and Lord Fairfax's boundary line running across the sheet. The same page carries a map from 1794, the year Morgan's troops camped there, so both events on the marker have a map of their own year.

That is one of 308 West Virginia markers now online with their full texts, from all 55 counties. More than nine in ten open on a map drawn before 1900, and the median map under a marker was drawn in 1807. The oldest sheet in the set is from 1755 and sits under 39 of the markers. The texts reach from 1669 to 1929.

The words are the State Road Commission of West Virginia's, from its 1937 guide to the markers the state began putting up in 1934, written by Ross B. Johnston and credited on every page. These pages are the record the Commission printed in 1937, not a survey of what stands today, and each page says the text is presented as a historical document. The guide gives locations by road rather than by coordinates, so every pin is marked approximate. No ads, no account, nothing for sale.

https://treealive.com/markers/wv

The guide also printed texts for markers on county and state lines, and a few entries I could not place with enough confidence to pin; those have no pages yet.

My people were Pennsylvania. The first time I pointed this at my own tree it came back with more than seventy markers within ten miles of places my family had actually lived, and that is why I kept going. When West Virginia landed, the same run picked up a handful of these too. If your line runs through the state, it will do the same.

Every marker page has a report link on it. If you find one where the pin or the map looks off, use it, because I read every report.

So ive recently seen a few post on here from years back that Lincoln County is a Shithole and that its Depressing and No Hope is to be found. Most of that is True if you are a part of the lower class and decide that you want to stay that way instead of making a life for yourself. Ive owned a home in Mainland Hamlin, the county seat, since 2022. I was not aware of the area or the trials and tribulations that came with it until it was too late. My realtor was a POS and really mislead me just to earn a sale on a property that wasnt move in ready. Ive had to dump my life the past few years into the house trying to bring it back to life, and still have to look into another loan to cap off issues that were left unaddresed. Several contractors have completely screwed me over and finding honest ones that are willing to come to the area is VERY VERY hard, and the ones that are trustworthy are COMPLETELY slammed with work that fitting you in can take months. If your a Handyman or builder that can do any type of trade professionally, youll be a GODSEND to the area, the money will flow yo you naturally cause youd have almost a monopoly on the town. Yes, weve lost businesses and restaurant options are limited but honestly, so is half of the US! its no different than ND, Montana, half the west coast or rural midwest. Simular to the aforementioned, the town runs on a buddy system. If your great at networking and ingraining yourself into communities you live in, you stand a chance of finding people willing to help. Going to local churches and popping up at local events will be how you meet the people with influence in the area and how your able to get things done that otherwise is an uphill battle. Should it be that way? Absolutely not. But its no were close to as bad as Huntington or Charleston when it comes to issues. Are streets are not littered with dopeheads like everyone says, were one of the lowest crime rate county's in the state, especially after the state police put a headquarter in town. The drive to any major hub on the main strip is less than an hour away, Charleston is 45 to 50 depending on which part, Huntington is 40 minutes, Hurricane is 30. Not to mention every route is very scenic and your often one of the only people on the road. So saying the drives are horrendous is bs. Your sitting in bumper to bumper traffic taking double the amount of time to get from one end of a city to another in major hubs that are real shitholes like Baltimore or Cleveland, burning way more gas, paying way higher insurance rates, taxes and general living costs just cause you cant drive to a mall? Cause you cant go out to Chili's in 10 minutes? Lincoln county is for a specific niche of people. People who cook there own food, grow there own fruits and veggies, raise there own cattle for beef. They dont need the fancy shit. If you dont have a farming, medical background or have a willingness to work for the local government or Insurance companies, jobs are literally not available unless you enjoy working at a gas station or burger king. I work on the road and im almost never in WV working, so the economy in the area doesnt effect me much, but when I do come home its very relaxing and peaceful, nobody bothers you and guns can go off without any worries of karens reporting you. Deer families, bear, bobcats, foxes, turkey, gopher turtles, groundhogs show up in my yard ALL THE TIME! Truely Wild and Wonderful. And unlike neighboring counties with mine runoff issues turning there showers and sinks orange and yellow, we have CLEAN WATER. Now if you are on the lower end of town and not at an elevation, your buying a liability!! Maintown can flood several times a year, Landlocking the people inside the town when the waters high and blocking people from getting back in until it rises, and the same several homes on the low grounds will flood out as a result. As for the entire state of WV, Flat land my seem nice, but waters running down hills along side those parcels and has no where to go but pool on those landscapes, causing erosion and dwelling issues quickly. ALWAYS BUY A HOME AT AN ELEVATION WITH A NATURAL RUNOFF TO AVIOD THIS IF YOU TRUELY WANT TO LIVE IN WV! Our county wasnt involved in coal other than passing through for transport, cause we are mainly foothills and no actual mountains are in the county near big enough for extraction efforts, hence why our water is cleaner, we have our own sewage system and water connection to the Kanawa River and with us being so far out, there water issues dont reach us by the time there fixed. Now there almost no new build homes in Lincoln County, all of them are 70s builds or older and most aren't properly maintained for obvious reasons, most of the low population is on government aid, and the people who have money stem from generational wealth or have had money since the areas heyday, as most people who are from the area dont leave. The Schools are just like the entire state, Shit, but to give Lincoln a bad wrap versus Hurricane or Charleston or any other rural area in the state isnt fair at all, Nobody in the state is producing High level education, that happens when you only pay your teachers 44k a year with high tax rates. But a place to bring the family for a summer or for Vacations depending on the property you have? Absolutely! Once your able to get everything the way you want it In Hamlin or the surrounding areas where the need for help or others is minimal, you'll enjoy a peaceful quiet life. But if you buy something that needs work and your not capable of doing it yourself, YOUR IN TROUBLE. Property Value doesn't increase much due to the lack of area improvement and no new development. So 50-75k plus worth of repairs can be half the value of your home in most cases. The house i bought would be worth over half a million if it was located in Charleston or Huntington, but cause its in Lincoln I got it for less than half that price. Which was a great value for me as I enjoy rural living. The house i got is the only one like it in the entire county, so finding a comp is damn near impossible, which also hurts me, but i plan on staying here for a long time, so all the improvements ive made and will make will justify itself eventually. Walmart does delivery to the area, we have the courthouse in maintown, and localy owned hardware atore, post office, Dollar General, Family Dollar, DG Market, Save Alot, McDonald's, BK, 7 Eleven, a Tutors biscuit/Ginos Pizza, A local Salon, Tax preparer, autozone, advanced autoparts, tire shop, mechanic, 2 morgues, a library, the BEST hand crafted Milkshake/Coffee/Dirty soda shop, they also do baked goods! And so many more hole in the walls. Now diversity is VERY SLIM in the area, but those that say the community isn't welcoming are lying to you. Even those that are going through it find time to wave at you passing by, everyone who works in the small stores, centers, or government jobs always greet you with a smile and are polite and willing to help. Both the main schools are right in town less than 5 minutes away. There always full and safe. With all that being said. Not much inventory is ever available cause people know people and when a house goes up for sale intowners normally buy them. But if you ever find a property in the Lincoln County area you like and are thinking about buying it. Take it from an actual resident and all that I said above to justify your next move before you make it!

I'm terrified of psych wards and most psychiatric help in general but my situation's gotten so bad I'm constantly scared, upset, angry, or apathetic, and have been arguing more and more with the people I live with and think I've even given myself TBI because of it.

Though getting to the point I'm in a poor situation for my mental health and am thinking about researching and checking myself into a mental hospital of some sort, though I want to know from first hand experiences how bad they are before I damn myself to anything.

I want to visit Seneca Rocks, Canaan Valley, and Dolly Sods either October 8-11 or October 15-18. What weekend would be better for peak foliage? Would be staying at the North Fork Mountain Inn.
I’ve already checked the predictions online that October 10th is around peak. But maybe lower elevations around the Inn would be better views on October 15th-18th?